One tryout player on field as final minicamp underway

The Seahawks’ final minicamp of the offseason is underway at the team’s VMAC facility in Renton and there’s one new player on the field, veteran defensive tackle Jonathan Lewis, who is in on a tryout basis.

Lewis, 25, has bounced around with five different teams since being drafted by Arizona in the sixth round in 2006 out of Virginia Tech. He’s had limited playing time, however, with four tackles in his career.

The 6-foot, 305-pounder was on the Seahawks practice squad for a time in 2008.

One other unannounced addition is former 49ers general manger Scot McCloughan, whose hiring has not been confirmed by the team … but there is an empty parking space at the team’s headquarters with his name on it already.

Wide receivers T.J. Houshmandzadeh and Deion Branch are expected to participate in today’s work to some degree, so we’ll check out their health status, along with the situation of rookie cornerback Walter Thurmond as he attempts to come back from a knee injury.

Practice runs til about 12:30 p.m., so I’ll check in after that with the latest.